THE VEHICLES OF CHAKRAS AND SUMMARY 1 st LEVEL
Animal emblems
In the tantric symbolic notation of chakras, the animals represent our former evolution and our instincts. These symbols will be present in the five first chakras.
Mooladhara chakra
Its vehicle is elephant with 7 trunks.
This animal represents the force, resistance, stability. It is enchased such as a power sleeping in a stable and solid place.
The 7 trunks represent Saptas dhatus, see dhatus, the seven plans of the physical functions.

Swadhisthana chakra
Its vehicle is white crocodile.
It symbolizes all the extent of the unawareness life, namely the underground movement of karmas.

Manipura chakra
Its vehicle is ram.
It symbolizes the dynamism and the untameable endurance.

Anahata chakra
Its vehicle is black antelope.
It symbolizes lightness, the speed.

Vishuddha chakra
Its vehicle is white elephant.
It symbolizes the higher conscience and the principle of the Akasha ether.
The upper chakras do not have any animal emblem, because of the principles manas, mind for ajna chakra and beyond for sahasrara.


total summary
(lotus, number of petals, colour of lotuses, simple and complex yantras with their colours, animal emblem)
